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diumenge, 9 de juny de 2013

North American's Championship 2013

I'm on my flight to Bonaire (Deutch Antilles) after spending two weeks in one of the most incredible cities in the world, San Francisco.

I fall in love with this city since day one, not only for its beauty but specially for its amazing kiteboarding community and spots.

Crazy conditions on the Bay

Crissy Field is without a doubt one of the most challenging and difficult places I've ever kited in! The four days that lasted the Regatta in the N.A. Championships where a learn-learn situation. I have to say that although all the difficulties of the spot (gusty-strong wind, insane current, flooding, chop…) I had a lot of fun. All those challenging conditions make me even prouder of myself for my 2nd place after the 2012 World Champ and also an Ozone Team mate and good friend of mine, Erika Heineken.

One of the starts with a real shot gun! / Una salida con pistola de verdad!

We started with the qualification series followed by the final series. They split the 74 riders from 23 countries in two fleets, yellow and blue, and we raced 4 races/day each fleet. So after 3 days we had 12 races. On the last day, Silver and Gold fleet raced 2 more regattas each and the Platinium fleet (top 10 guys) a total of 4 more. So exciting to watch!

Rob Dean and the rest of the San Francis Yacht Club crew made of this a five star event!

Yes, that is me... / Sí, esa soy yo...

I have so many positive things to say about this event that I could go on and on for ever. Don't worry that I'm not gonna do it, instead I let you with a few pictures! (Thanks Michael Petrikov for the amazing photos!!).